Japan Airlines is offering KFC aboard select holiday flights

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According to Google, the shortest estimated travel time to fly nonstop from Chicago to Tokyo is roughly 12 hours and 20 minutes. Aboard Japan Airlines, the trip will still be about 12 hours and 20 minutes, but at least it might be slightly more savory. This holiday season, the carrier is offering its passengers KFC on select flights between Tokyo and eight U.S. and European cities. Dubbed “Air Kentucky,” the promotion runs Dec. 1 through Feb. 28. Domo arigato.

There’s no denying an abundance of British influence on American television, and audiences can expect yet another U.S. adaptation of an already popular show from the U.K.’s Julian Fellowes, creator of the period drama “Downton Abbey,” is writing a new show set in 19th century New York titled, “The Gilded Age.” NBC commissioned the show, reports The Telegraph. The pilot episode is already in development.

Now if your consumers want to tout you as the best, far be it from you to argue. That would certainly be the mantra of Taco Bell CMO Brian Niccol, who spoke with Fast Company about launching the brand’s Doritos Locos Taco—now its best-selling new product—and what it taught the chain about letting its customers drive ideas.

Of course, brands have to build a loyal relationship with those customers, too. To help your company prepare for its holiday rush, speaker Shep Hyken suggests these five customer service tips.

For companies or brands unsure of where to begin their holiday marketing this year, MarketingProfs offers five takeaways from the successes of past seasonal campaigns, including Target’s eccentric “Christmas Champ” and OfficeMax’s “Elf Yourself.”

It appears to be the “Ghost of Christmas Past” haunting FedEx. After almost suffering a PR crisis last holiday season when one of its deliverymen was caught on security footage throwing a computer monitor onto a consumer’s lawn, the company’s festive end to 2012 isn’t looking much better. A Utah truck driver is suing FedEx, alleging that the company fired him because of his Russian accent.